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Old 05-08-2008, 10:06 AM   #11
NICKCLINE
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Re: 03-06 Instrument Cluster Stepper Motor Replacement
I'm planning to replace all my stepper motors but just one question.

Is the soldering really as difficult ad the Ebay sellers claim? I do some soldering on my RC crawler and am what I'd say a half-decent ametuer at it.

The guy who has the new stepper motors has big bold warnings saying it has to be done in a clean, static enviroment by a person with professional skills etc...Is it really that difficult to solder these on?

And on the subject of reseting the gauges. If you took a piece of masking tape and stuck it too the gauge cluster then marked where each gauge was pointing prior to removing the cluster couldn't you just replace the needle back to the same point? I'd think that would work for your fuel level, oil pressure, and trans/motor temp (as long as they were both cold when you started). The speedometer and RPM's is a different story. I guess for RPM's you could note where your idle is and replace it too that point. Speedometer would be easy right, if your in park you could just point the needle to 0mph....

Or am I just making this out to be way more difficult then it is?
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